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"A PRINCE AND A GREAT MAN IS FALLEN." 



FUNERAL ADDRESS, 



On the occasion of tlio Fnueral Obsequies 



Tlsr MEMORY OF 






ABRIHAM mOLN, 



Late President of the United States. 



DELIVERED 



At riaceiville, Cal.. April lOth, 18(>5, l)y 



REV. C. C. ^W^EL AC K. 



IMIINTKI) AT I'lll'; OKFK'H OK TIIK TKl-WKKKI-Y Nr■'.^V.S. 



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Placerville, April 20th, 1865. 
Rev. C. C. Wallace, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, 

Dear Sir : — It is the rlesire of many of those who listened to your late dia- 
course-delivered in this City on the day of the obsequies of our late beloved 
President, that it should be published in proper form for distribution. In 
furtherance of this wish we respectfully request, if compatible with your wish- 
es, your consent thereto. In conclusion, very respectfully, 



Yours, &c., 

F. A. Bee, 
Ogden Squires, 
T. F. Tracy, 
Jas. B. Hume, 



John F. Pinkham, 
Wm. Jones, 
J. W. CuUen, 
J. M. Reynolds, 
R. B. McBride, and others. 



Calvin Edgerton, 
D. J. White, 
W. H. Rogers, 
G. W. Swan, 



To F A. Bee, John F. Pintcham, Calvin Edgerton, and others : - 

Gentlemen : - In compliance with your request, I herewith enclose the Ad- 
dress \o which you allude. Deeply sensible of its imperfections, as it was 
hastily prepared, at a few hours' notice, to meet the requirements of so 
unexpected and mournful an occasion; yet I defer *« your judgment. It is 
but a feeble tribute to one who is embalmed in the nation's h^art, and whom 
coming generations will delight to honor. I remain, 

^ ^ Yours truly, Chas. C Wallace. 

Placerville, Cal., April 21, 1865. 



FUNERAL iDDEESS. 



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An uiK'xpected calamity Iks befal- 
len our nation. A terrible shock has 
been felt thioiiglioiit the land, at which 
we stand agliast, and know not whith- 
er to turn, nor wliat to say. We seem 
to ench otiier as tliose Unit dream, and 
as tlie reality is forced upon us, a bur- 
den of grief weighs us dnwn. Never 
since the illustrious Fatiier of our 
Country fell asleep, has this nation 
been clothed in the sadness that to day 
enshrouds it. Can it he possible 1 Ts 
our faithful and honored Chief Magis- 
trate uo mere? Was he indeed inlhe 
midst of his vast and eminently suc- 
cesslul labors for our country's good, 
struck down by an assassin's han.i ? j 
While yet in tiie prime of his days, I 
possessing health and vigor has liis 
life I een tyken I And »nu!<t we indeed 
face the stern reality, ihat he sleeps in 
death. We cannot be allowed to 
doulit the terrible fact. 

Were tiier.e room for disbelief, how 
eageily would we fasten upon it. Or 
could we restore the lifeless to life 
again, how quickly would weieefili the 
spirit to the inanimate clay, lint t!:is 
itf not within our power. For ivise 
reasons Cod in his in.<crutilile Piuvj- 
deuce has allowed the ut-sass.n to coiii- 
pl» te his work, and Abruhdm Lincoln 
is no more. The loiil li;in<l el tre.i-..ii 
which has been aiming ii.-- . nil, is ior 
monlhs piist 111 onr iiaimnal lile. which 
ha- brought to nntiniely graves our im- 
blest suns and brothers. Ii,i.m at leiiglli. 
by eowiirdly and sti-altliy ^tep ap-' 
proached ihe Capitol of the'N.itiou, and 



sought by foul treachery, to strike down 
the leaders troin their places of trust. 
By the interposition of Providence, the 
terrible plot in a measure failed, but 
not till one who has long been promin- 
ent and honored among us, was as- 
saulted on his sick couch, and left for 
dead, and he who of all others, we 
could least spare, was murdered in cold 
lilood. Our Chief Executive was 
pierced through the temple by a ball 
which came at an unexpected moment 
from an assassin's hand, and after lin- 
gering tor a few hours in unconscious- 
ness, -he fell asleep to wake uo more 
until the resurrection morn. Would 
lor our sakes this had been otherwise ; 
but sudden, severe and terrible as is 
the stroke it has iieen permitted. 

\Ve are assembled to-day to express 
our grief aud dwell upon the memory 
ot our illustrious deal. And I ask is 
there a good man in the country, yea 
more, in the civilized worid. who will 
not mingle their .■sympathies with ours 
at this time, and is tlieie a bad man 
who is not compelled to respect, if too 
insensible to i»artaki' our sorrow. 

And how shall we find expression to 
our tlionghts ! Could wepause and in 
silence coinmune w^th our own hearts, 
it would seem most littin>:. As was re- 
markeil by one of commanding elo- 
quence on another occasion of Nation- 
al sorrow— no less than the death of 
the first President of these United 
S ates, so we areVeadv to exclaim at 
this time : '-The OUices of this day 
belong less to eloquence than to grief. 



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Wo celebrate one of those great evonta 
which b}' uniting public calamity with 
private affliction, create in every bo- 
som, a response to the throes of au 
Empire. Goil, who Joeth wonders. — 
whose ways must be adored but not 
que:tioned, in severing from the em- 
braces of the Nation our tirst-bc4oved 
patriot, has imposed on her tiie duty of 
blending impassioned ffi-ling with pro- 
found aiid unmurmuring siiiimission. — 
An assembled Nation lamenting a Fa- 
ther in. their departed Chief, absorb- 
ing every inferior consideration in tlie 
sentiment of their CDvnmon loss, ming- 
ling their recidk'ctions and tkeir an- 
ticipations, their wishes, their re- 
o-reis, their sympathies ami their tears, 
is a spectacle not more tender than 
awful— excites emotions too mighty for 
utterence. I should have no right to 
complain, if instead of indulging me 
with your attention, you should com- 
mand" me to retire and leave you to 
weep in the silence of woe :" but as 
well as we can give utterence to our 
feelings on an occasion like this, we 
proceed to the task lo which this day 
is devoted. 

In the great exigencies of human 
history, when great principles have 
been in conflict, or Nations have been 
struggling for existence, men have 
been raised up by God, to accomplish 
a special mission, and who in conse- 
quence of their high endowments and 
accomplishments shine out conspicu- 
ous in the annals of the n-orld, Abra- 
ham Lincoln was ordained of Heaven 
to live at this time, and for four years 
to hold the helm of Government in the 
midst of a civil convulsion, such as no 
other Nation has ever experienced and 
wliich doubtless no other could have 
survived. He was born into the world 
and was led by thq hand of Providence 
to the position he was called to fill, and 
while we mourn his untimely and sad 
end ; s-till his work is done and he has 
gone to his final reward ; Moses and 
Gideon, Cromwell and Washington 
were no more raised up for their spec- 
ial and important work, than was he 
wiioseJoss we to-day so deeply mourn. 



There was nothing in his earlier life 
which specially gave the promise that 
he was ti) be a Nation's pride and stay. 
His early advantages weie few. He 
was faithful in all tlie stations he was 
calli'd to till, but who could liave imag- 
ined that tlie i)ioneer,boy, building log- 
cabins and making fences, or boating 
on the Mississippi, was to become the 
great liberator of the oppressed, and 
pilot th<' Ship of State over the break- 
ers of disunion iuid armed rebellion. — 
He was however a child ot prayer, and 
the sterling iirineiides wliich made that 
inipr ss on his life, were carefully in- 
stilled into bin through the instruc- 
tions of a pious 111(1 ther. It was her 
inculcations of the moral law in his 
early youth, as he has himself since 
declared, which gave him that purity 
and honesty of character for which he 
was so eminent, and if an "honest 
man," as one remarks, '-is the noblest 
work of God," he is worthy of this 
pre-eminence. Through his own self- 
exertions he rose from obscurity and 
steadily ascended to the loftiest station 
of tru5t and honor. So far f-om seek- 
ing or expecting place or position, he 
always shrank from the same, until he 
was convinced his services were imper- 
atively desired, when lieyieldedhis own 
feelings to the wishes of others, and 
accepted reluctantly the post to which 
providence seemed to point him ; but 
, whether as a Clerk or Postmaster or 
j Militia Captain or Surveyor or Lawyer 
or Legislator, he endeavored to fill the 
place assigned him, with conscientious 
faithfulness, and with all the ability of 
which he was posessed. 

At that dark period of our political 
history, when the hearts of men were 
failing them for fear, and the country 
was drifting to anarchy, with appar- 
ently none to stand in t'^' breach, 
unexpect 'dly to himself, unexpectedly 
to the convention whicli j)roposed him, 
and unexpectedly to the nation, he'.vas 
set forth as the standard bearer of a 
great and growing body of tliis people, 
and in due time was declared by the 
constituted authorities to bo the duly 
elected President of these United 



States. The hand of God was clearly 
visible in his exaltation. Other men 
who had been prominent and distin- 
guished were passed by, and the lot, 
as if by a direct interposition rested 
on him, for he alone of them all was 
set for the rising again of this nation. 

Under a sense of his high responsi- 
bilities and from time to time, invok- 
ing the prayers and aid of the masses, 
whose servant he believed himself to 
be, he has fulfilled his trust to the 
admiration and satisfaction of his 
' countrymen, having a second time 
received the endorsement of the people 
and been continued in the hishest po- 
sition of the nation, from which thus 
untimely he has been taken. That he 
was the greatest man in the nation in 
attainments and culture we are not 
ready to affirm. But taking him all in 
all, we do not expect at least in our 
day to look upon his like again. He 
was not a great genius dazzling us by 
his splendor ; he moved in no eccentric 
orb, impressing the nation by his ano- 
malies and oddities, but was wise and 
discreet, determined to aid the right, 
and accomplish for his day and gene- 
ration all the good that lay in his pow- 
er. 

He was a plain man, like us all, 
neither exalted by power nor inflated 
by honors, but every man's peer, and 
every man's friend ; the lowliest could 
approach him ae well as the loftiest, 
and from no one did he turn away who 
sought to gain his presence. Plain, 
warm-hearted, homely Mr. Lincoln, he 
moved among us all as a father, a 
brother, a neighbor. Now that he is 
gone, we feel we have lost not only a 
Chief Magistrate, but one whom we 
seemed bound to by the most familiar 
and sacred tie. 

But while he had the peculiar faculty 
of living with and among the peoi)le 
he was also eminently endowed witli 
those qualities wbicli have made him so 
renowned as a Stattsmnn and Leader. 
Possessed of remarkable purity and in- 
tegrity of chanacter, he was also a man 
of strong mind and clear judgment. — 
He was a thinker for himself, and not 



a mere receptacle and retailer of other's 
thoughts. He was always open to con- 
victions and ready to hear and use 
suggestions from any source, but after 
all he used his-own judgment and ful- 
filled the convictions and conclusions 
of his own mind. He grasped and 
mastered every question which came 
before hira, and acted not from impulse 
but from a candid desire to secure the 
highest welfare of the nation he serv- 
ed; And whatever mistakes mgy have 
attended his administration, there is no 
one who will arraign his intention to 
have done that which was best on the 
whole. And as we review his various 
utterances and the several State papers 
which came from his hand, they are 
f-tamped with a maturity of judgment 
which the annals of the future will in- 
scribe, few have equalled, and none 
excelled. He was possessed with an 
unusual degree of good common sense, 
or in other words the faculty which led 
him, to adopt at once that which was 
right and sensible because it was right 
and sensible. He was moved by right 
principle as well as by argument, and 
was keenly alive to the fitness of things, 
despising sophistry and gilding. He 
looked at all matters in their naked- 
ness, probing them to the core and 
gained the solution of the intricate 
problems which surrounded him. — 
When he spoke, his views were a final- 
ity, and at his word how often were un- 
solved problems made clear. Coming 
upon the stage of responsibility at such 
a time as this, he has kept the leader- 
ship of the nation, and his mind so 
clear, so grasping, has led us forth to 
the broad light we now enjoy. 

In addition to this maturity and 
soundness of judgment, all his other 
endowments were evenly developed. — 
He was firm without being obstincte. 
yielding without being given to waver- 
ing or weakness. He was just to all, 
yet of great leniency and kindness. — 
In other words his character was not 
one of strong points attteuded with 
corresponding weak ones, but the 
sterner and milder virtues, had equal 
scope and play. The marks of true 



greatness shone resplendent in all his 
acts. 

But more than all he was a true 
patriot. All liis a^ifts ;incl acquire- 
ments he voluiitarilj- j'iclilecl up to the 
one purpose oC preserving this nation 
from division and ruin. He came to 
the highest seat of the nation, hoping 
and even believing th(M-e would be no 
forcible attempt at disunion. 

On his way to be inaugurated, he 
stated his conviction, " tliat time, pa- 
tience, and a reliance on that God who 
has never forsaken this people, would 
bring about a settlement of all difficul- 
ties." He said, •' Let this people on 
both sides, keep, their self-possession, 
and just as other clouds have cleared 
away in due time, so will this great na- 
tion continue to prosper as heretofore."' 

Contrary to his own exjiectation, the 
turbulent spirit of treason was not con 
tent to be soothed by conciliating words 
and acts, and the storm which had been 
gathering, burst forth with stunning 
jfury. From this time onward, his 
course was fixed, that whatever might 
be the sacrifice in treasure and pre- 
cious life, it must be given, and the 
Government preserved. For four 
years he has stood firm, and cheerful 
amid the smoke and din of the conflict, 
holding the confidence of the nation 
without interruption, and leading forth 
the marshaled hosts from conquest to 
conquest, until at length he was per- 
mitted to see the dawning of complete 
triumph. Against enemies at home 
and enemies abroad, he has preserved 
the integrity of the nation under the 
guidings of Providence, so that with 
all the immensity of the work which 
has been prosecuted, there is naught 
to sully our good name, or lead us to 
blush with shame before any nation 
or people on the earth. JNever did a 
nation under any similar circumstances 
endure such a strain,, or stand so fair, 
so righteous, so true to aims and prin- 
cipls, as this nation has stood during 
its fiery trial, and to no human aid are 
we so ranch indebted as to the modera- 
tion, integrity and ability of Him who 
knew no ambition but to see his coun- 



try saved, and his people united and 
prosperous. "^ 

As the intentions and malignity of 
the conspiracy were developed, lie was 
oqutil to the hour lor which he was 
called to watch on the ramparts of lib- 
erty. 

He had long seen the dr'ft of events, 
and even oefore it was declared by one 
of our ripest statesmen that an " irre- 
pressible conflict" was begun, he had 
expressed his views in the following 
prophetic language : 

" A house divided against itself can- 
not stand. I believe this Government 
cannot permanently endure half slave 
and half free. I do not expect the 
Union to be dissolved. I do not ex- 
pect the house to fall, but I do expect 
It will be cease to be divided. It will 
become all one thing or all the other." 

He little supposed at that time that 
from the highest seat of the nation as 
Commander in Chief of the armies of 
the nation he would himself issue the 
decree by means of which the total ab- 
rogation of the foul spot upon our na- 
tional escutcheon would be effected. — 
On his way to be inaugurated he paused 
at Philadelphia to assist at the raising 
of the flag on Independence Hall, he 
then remarked — "I have often inquired 
of myself what great principle or idea 
it was that kept this Confederacy so 
long together. It was not the mere 
matter of the separation of the Colonies 
from the mother land, but that senti- 
ment of the Declaration of Indepen- 
dence which gave liberty not alone to 
the people of this country but I hope 
to the world for all future time. It 
was that which gave promise, that in 
due time the weight would be lifted 
from the shoulders of all men. This is 
a sentiment embodied in the Declara- 
tion of Independence. Now my 
friends can this country be saved 
on that basis ? If it can, I will 
consider myself one of the happi- 
est men in the world if I can help to 
save it. If it cannot be saved on that 
basis, it will be truly awful. Rut if 
this country cannot be saved without 
giving up that principle, I was about 



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to Ray that I would rather be as!?assiu- 
atod'dii this sjjot thnn surrciuler it." 

Nohlf language — the oiitburstings of 
a pure and patriot heart. He was at 
leugtli as^iassiIlated on anotlier spot; 
butnot to mourn that liberty was given 
np, or the country destroyed, for I'rom 
his own hands, both liberty had re- 
ceived a new emjjhasis and a newconi- 
missioT, and the country been brought 
through the crisis of its danger. 

Thus when the fulness of time was 
come, the power and might of this 
great Nation was pledged to break ev- 
ery yoke and let the o[)press'-'d go free. 
Would tiiat he might have lived to have 
seen the frnits of his work, in a re- 
united and re-generated country — but 
wherever the voice of liberty shall be 
heard, his name will be precious*; it 
will np> er be forgotten by those who 
tread this free and l)lood-consecrated 
soil ; It will lie meiitioirHl in times to 
come, on the battle-fields and amid the 
homes of other continents, and all ages 
shall ])ronounce blessings on his name. 
As long as this Repui lie shall endure, 
it will be a Monument to his vir ues 
and his fame, and tide by side with our 
immortal Washington, its founder, Lin- 
coln, its preserver, will de.^erve and 
receive the homage of the world. 

Throughout his whole official career, 
the transparciiLT and noiilf.iess of his 
purpose has flioiie. He has nt-ver ut 
tered an unkind word ;igaiust those 
who were waging luad and relentless 
war against the Governiiu'iit which had 
nourished them ; he had no malevo- 
lence or enmity m his heart; he gave 
the key note to his feelings in those 
memorable words with which he closed 
his first inaugural. 

Said he, "you can have no conflict 
without being yourself the aggressors — 
you can have no oath registered in 
heaven to destro)' the Government, 
while I shall have tiie most solemn one 
'to preserve, psotect and defend it.' — 
We are not enemies but friends ; We 
must not be enemies, though passion 
may Jiave strained, it must not break 
our bonds of allection. The mystic 
cords of memory stretching from eve- 



ry battle field and patriot grave, to evo- 
ry living heart and hearth-stone over 
all this broad land, "ill yet swell the 
chorus of the Uwion, when again 
touched, as surely they will be by the 
better angels of our nature " 

Such was the language which this 
most noble, most generous of hearts 
gave forth as the sincere expression 
of his feelings. During all this bitter 
contest, while confronting the armed 
legions of conspiracy with all the pow- 
er which he could summon, at the same 
time he has sought and prayed that 
they might come to a better mind. 

Seldom has the world seen so self- 
poSoCtsed. so magnanimous a mind. — 
He couh! not feel enmity in his own 
soul, and sought to remove it from the 
breasts of others. He had fierce re- 
vilers and nialigners throughout the 
free North, his motives were iraduced, 
his acts misrepresented, and vile oblo- 
quy poured upon hinr, but he never 
w;ss concfrned a moment in view of 
this. He was strong in the conscious- 
ness of his own rectitude, and hence 
Ik- could say as he diit on hearing of 
his re-election : " I am thankful to 
God bir this approval of the people, 
but while deeply grateful for this mark 
of their confidence in me, if I know my 
heart, my graiitude is free from any 
taint of [lersonal triumph. Idonotim- 
pugn tile motives of aii_v one opposed to 
me. It is unpleasant to me to triumph 
over any one, but i give thanks to the 
Almighty for this evidence of the peo- 
ple's resolutidu to stand by a free gov- 
ernment, and the rights of humanity." 

His whole career shines conspicuous 
in view of his large heartedness and 
forgiving spirit. His very last act was 
one of kindness and leniency, such as 
no consjiiracy ever before received. — 
No ar.ny of traitors ever before were 
allowed such terms as were granted to 
the flower of the rebellion. But while 
his hand was still stretciied out in the 
greatness of his mercy — ere his voice 
111 the counsels of the Cabinet had 
scarce ceased its pleading, for those 
whom he termed " deluded and mis- 
guided."— Alas I Alas! the fatal ball 



is sent bj tlio hand of one to Trhom he 
was oxtenJing clcmenc}' ami pardon, 
and he wlio was praying to God and to 
his connfrym 'n, " forgive them, thev 
know not wliat they do," himself fiills 
the costliest sacriiice. wliich tlie nation 
has rendered up to tliis unparalleh'd and 
inhuman C()n>*piracy. All ! our noble 
Chief! How many would gladly have 
taken tliy place and fallen in tiij stead i 
How many v ould have stood about thee 
as a shield to keep thee from harm, had 
thy life been known to have been in 
jeopardy. But no ! it was not given 
to us to know this, and now we can 
only weep over thy corpse, and cover 
thy grave with our benedictions and our 
tears. 

• My friends can we love treason any 
better, as we look on the pale corpse of 
him who looks upon us no more, who 
counsels us no more ? No ! let tliis 
murder, this true child of traitors, be 
borne by those on whom rests the re 
sponsibility of this deed. Let the 
South, who liave long aimed their death 
strokes at the Union, now reflect they 
have struck down our leader — tliougii 
the Union surviv.es Let the multi- 
tudes all about us who have been sfab- 
bing our Government by "the issues of 
treason from the press, who have as- 
sailed her by words and deeds, yes who 
could not rejoice over our Union Vic- 
tories, but mourned when rebellion was 
driven to the wall, lei them bear 
now their share in this plot of hell, and 
remember tiiere is Mood upon their 
skirts. But dreadful as tiiis event is — 
harrowing as it may be to our feelings 
— while wicked men have meant it foi 
evil, doubtless God has allowed it for 
good. It is through sacrifices that we 
have been brought as a Nation to val- 
ue our inheritance, and now the bright- 
est sacrifice has been given, and by the 
memory of the brave who have fallen 
on many fields, by the ineinoiy of him 
who now smiles upon us from the skies 
— shall we noc as a countiy receive a 
new baptism for Liberty and for Union. 
Yes, my fellow citizens, there is a 
bright destiny awaiting us. As the 
fires of martyrdom scattered the seeds 



ot the Church and made her invinci- 
ble, so by this martyrdom of our Chief, 
will this Nation arouse to a new life 
and a new achievement. His spirit 
will hover over and animate this Na- 
tion, — his example and viitues will 
guide us — though he is dead he yet 
Jives, and there is no patriot but feels 
the impress of his influence. 

Yon remember those meinor.able 
words of his at Gettysburg Cemetery, 
when moving slowly, he glanced over 
the long outstretched crests on which 
had latelv raged the storm of battle, 
then faced his audience ; a fresh tide 
of feeling struggled in that great 
wa^in heart — the figure straightened 
taller than before, and with strong and 
tremulous voice he uttered the firs: sen- 
tence of his terse and nusurpassed ad- 
dress : 

"We cannot consecrate nor lialhuv 
this ground' Thr hrave men living 
ami diuii who srnii;'^li'(i lifiv, liave con- 
secrated it far aiwivv our power lo add 
or <l<-tra«t. Tin- wm-ld will hut little 
note nor long reun-niber what we say 
here. Init it can m-ver foriret what they 
did here. It is for us the living rath- 
er to be re-dedicated to the finished 
work which they have thus far so no- 
bly (tarried on." ** 

Let these words from those lips now 
silent in death - from that IVirm now 
side by side with the patriot dead — 
iiencefortii be our rallying cry — " It is 
h)r lis the liviirg to be re dedica'ed tliis 
day to tile finished work our illustrious 
de<id have so nobly begun." 

The work will go on. He who rais- 
ed up and for four years spared to us 
tills leader — will raise up and qualify 
other instruinents. Jehovah lives and 
His throne is secure. He will be our 
God even unto the end. This republic 
which has stood the shock of civil strife, 
wliicii can ev(^ stand firm though our 
le.':der is stricken by an assassin's 
hand, will stand through coming ages, 
— the glory of those who have suti'ered 
for her — and the joy of the down-trod- 
den and suffering of all lands. 

Bef.re drawing these remarks to a 
close, let me brieSy revert to one other 



fact in the life of this great man. He 
was not only great, he was also good. 
He had the prayers and instructions of 
a pious mother, whose teachings and 
example he cherished among the most 
precious memories of his life. He nev- 
er made a public profession of religion, 
still he indulged the hope of pardon 
through a Saviour's blood. It is pain- 
ful to many minds that death should 
have arrested him while in attendance 
at the theatre. It is not the place to 
which eminent Christians are accus- 
tomed to resort, but he justified him- 
self as it has been stated, on the ground 
that it affurdt'd him relaxation from the 
cares and respousibihties of office. 

He was a constant attendant upon 
church with his family, and was hearti- 
ly interested in all efforts to promote 
true piety. From the time that he en- 
tered upon his duties as Chief Magis- 
trate, he evinced a profound sense of 
dependence upon God, which is shown 
in his various utterances and reconi- 
luendations. It is reliably affirmed 
that daily from 5 to 6 o'clock in the 
morning, he was accustomed to spend 
an hour in prayer and reading the 
scriptures. But in addition to many 
other evidences which might be enu- 
merated showing his interest in relig- 
ion, the following fact is from an au- 
thentic source : 

A gentleman who visited "Washing- 
ton on business with the President, on 
leaving home, was requested by a 
friend to ask Mr. Lincoln ivhether he 
loved Jesus. The business being com- 
pleted, the question was kindly asked ! 
—the President buried his face in his 
handkerchief, turned away and wept. 
At length he turned and said : "When 
I left home to take this Chair of State, 
I requested my countrymen to pray for 
me — I was noi then a christian. When 
my son diod — the severest trial of ray 
life— I was not a christian. But when 
I went to Gettysburg and looked upon 
the graves of our dead heroes who had 
fallen in defence of their country, I 
then and there consecrated myeelf to 
Christ — / do love Jesus. 

As a weeping Natmn assembles 
around his open tomb to-day to lower 
the lifeless remains to their last resting; 



what comfort comes to us in these 
words, •' / do love Jesus. ''^ He who 
was so conspicuous in all virtues and 
endowments, was not wanting in the 
possession of tiiat highest of virtues 
unpossessed of which all others must 
tarnish and lose their splendor. He 
had realized the value of the Chris- 
tian's hope, and had secured his perso- 
nal salvation. And while we mourn 
his loss to-day, hi? spirit, we believe, 
rejoices amid the ransomed ones in glo- 
ry. 

Truly a Prince and a Great Man has 
fallen. "iVhcn shall we look upon his 
like again ? Weep, sons and daugh- 
ters of theXation. Weep, ye brave 
soldiers and ye stout-hearted men ; 
the man we mourn to-day, was worthy 
of our grief. Enshrine bis memory in 
tlie inmost shrine of your hearts. — 
Teach his virtues to your children that 
they may in turn teach them to theirs. 
Let his words which he spake while yet 
among us, become as household words, 
and let his acts be our incentive to 
higher aims and endeavors. May his 
mantle rest on those who shall succeed 
him in the Chair of State, and may 
his associates in power, and those who 
are exalted in the land, receive of his 
spirit, and emulate his worth. And 
may God defend us all from the power 
and malice of wicked men. 

" Thy throne, God, is forever and 
ever." Princes may die and the great 
of the earth be cut off— but none can re- 
sist Thee or thwart thy purposes. God 
of our fathers, be our God, and the 
God of all our rulers and our children's 
God. Thou art our refuge and our 
hope, the pillar of our strength, the 
wall of our defence, and our unfading 
glory. 

" And devout men carried Stephen 
to his burial, and made great lamen- 
tation over him." So would we bear 
our martyred leader to his silent grave 
amid a nation's lamentations and tears. 

Beloved one, farewell ! 

" Peacefully lay him down to rest, 
Place the turf kindly on his breast; 
Sweet is the slumber beneath the sod, 
lile the pure soul is resting with God. 



Svei 

mi 



"Quietly sleep, beloved one, — 
Rest from thy toil, thy labor is done. 
Rest tiU the trump from the opening skief 
Bid theo from dust, to glory arise," 



Upon the receipt of the moarnful intelligence of the death of President 
Lincoln, our citizens immediately made arrangements for paying to the mem- 
ory of our great and beloved Chief Magistrate a testimorial of their admira- 
tion for his virtues and their aflBiction in his cruel and most wicked death. 

As a tribute of respect and a lasting evidence of their aflfectiouate remem- 
brance Funeral Obsequies of a most imposing character were had •♦ in memo- 
riam." A procession numbering nearly fifteen hundred persons followed the 
hearse which was itself accompanied by thirty-sis gentlemen, as pall-bearers, 
suitably dressed in mourning. The hearse was also very handsomely and 
appropriately draped with flags. All the Military and Fire Companies, Civic 
Societies, Members of the Bar, Judiciary, City and County Officers and Citi- 
zens generally united in the ceremonies ; after proceeding through the principal 
streets of our city, the procession halted at the place selected for the delivery 
of the Funeral Address, (by invitation extended) by Rev. Mr. Wallace. It were 
enperfluous to speak of its merits' as all v,ho heard it were fully impressed with 
the eloquent tribute to the great departed, and those who now read will, we are 
assured, accord to it all and more than we claim for it. 



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